Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
FLAVOR FOR POULTRY.

herbs, Ike parsley, have been mixed.
DEMAND FOR EvAPoRATED SMALL
FRUITS.
The small fruits ripen in hot weather.
when drying them by old-fash oned
methods was very difficult. The eva
porator does its best work in these and
its use has created n popular demand
for the evaporated product which as
yet has never been fully supplied. The
black and red raspberr es are especially
valuable, and the demand for evapora-
ton will long keep the price during the
picking season at n paying rate.
POTASH FROM APPLE-TREE WOOD.
Every farmers wife knows that
apple ashes make a very strong
I've. This is also true of most fruit
trees. and especially those that have
been very productive. The green fruit
needs potash TO enable it to ripen, and
the roots take up sap filled with this
mineral wherever it is available. Some
of this never leaves the tree, but re-
mains in the yearly layer of wood. A
young tree that has never borne is not
so rich in potash as an old one.
WEAVING YOUNG COLTS.
1t is needless cruelty to a young colt
TO let it run with its dam until Winter,
when there viii be an entire change of
feed from green 20 dry. No amount
of grain will keep such a colt thrifty
during its first Winter. Wean it while
it can get some green feed and where
apples are plenty put up few to be fed
TO the colt daily when cold weather
comes. a few apples daily with some
oats are better than an all grain ration
for colts or any young horses.
COWS NOT WORTH KEEPING.
The cost of Keeping COWS varies
with locality and other circumstances.
Still. no matter how cheaply COW may
be kept, there is a linn of produc-
ton below which she will not pay.
And that limit is much farther up
than is often thought. Suppose that
the farmer can at the end of year fig
IRE few dollars profit above cost.
The question for him is whether he
can afford to take this small profit, en-
ploying his time stable room and feed
to so little advantage. when he might
with better selection of animals make
much larger gains.
FURROwING WINTER WHEAT.
No matter how well drained the soil
may be by underdrans. it needs some
open burrows to carry off surface water
or Winter wheat VIII certan My suffer.
OF late years the practice of opening
burrows through low places has been
generally neglected. 1t should be done
as soon rs the wheat is sown, but
if neglected then it may be done
any time before Winter, though
al the sacrifice of some wheat. After
furrowing out the roller should be
run lenghwise Of the open furrow on
either side. This will soon down the
ridge made by the pillow. and allow free
passage of surface water to the open
drain.
ROOTS FOR WINTER USE.
The white or flat turnip is grown
quickly and must be used early, 1t is
of comparatively little value as food for
stock, as only horned cattle and sheep
will eat it without being half starved,
and when eaten its nutrition is small in
proportion to its bulk The Swedish
turnip or rutabaga is 2 better cropper.
keeps until nearly Spring, if well COW
cred with earth, and has more nutri-
ment. All turnips are, however, OBJ
jectionabe rs food for cows. The
mangel wurtzel beet is the best for late
feeding, and good supply of these to
give to the new milch cows about their
calving time. in March or April, is
essential to success in dairying.
THE POTATO sCAB.
The Connecticut experiment station
bulletin has the following to offer re-
lative to the disease known as scab.
which affects potatoes: "The skin of
the potato is layer of cork cells, and
when injured it heals by the formation
Va a. NV wi N itA N4s w htH tue luDtT
grows in water, or in n wet soil, the
cork thickens at various points. pro-
ducing many little warts on the surface,
and rendering the cuticle less resistant
of decay. II the excess of water con-
tinues for a considerable time, decay
sets in and the starch and tissues of the
tuber becomes discolored. But if the
decay is arrested. the cork LAYER forms
between the decayed and healthy parts
and the potato is scabby."
POTATO BEETLES IN OCTOBER
Often at digging time. in Indian
Summer weather, the potato beetle
will be numerous and voracious. The
vines are dead and the beetle is oblig-
ed TO depend upon the tuber. He will
even dig down into the hills and
nibble at the partly-covered potatoe.
Any cut or bruised potato on the sur
face will soon be covered and eaten.